arm's length
Example Sentences
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Other sports leagues have kept prediction markets at arms length.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
It felt like England always had Italy at arms length and it wasn't 'are England going to win this?'
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025
Others have held it at arms length, treating it as an instance of the paranoid style in American politics.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
But Discovery and WarnerMedia’s previous owner AT&T kept arms length from each other until the completion of the merger.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2022
Most everyone else kept me at arms length.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
